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So this is our first March in the house by the lake. The sun has come out. The air smells like grapes and honey with the blooming wisteria, citrus, and yaupon holly. We walk around and just marvel at all the new growth.

March seems to mean fishing here on the lake. I havenít fished this much in freshwater since I was a teenager. My daughter and her boyfriend have been fishing a lot. My friend Rick has been over a few times for fishing. Various lake residents and their friends and
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I wrote this to answer someone who ask me what I think has happened that changed this forum from what it was like say eight years ago or so.

Warning: I have written what was on my mind. You may not agree and that's fine with me but I was ask and so I wrote. I used to write articles this long when ask about how to fish a feather wing streamer but no one has ask that for years.

Basically this question came after a barrage of threads about fly line weight designations
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Is Spring here? The Crappie say yes. Crappie on the lake I live on move into the shallows next to the bank to spawn in early spring. Iíve been recently picking off some with Balanced jigs in 2-4 feet of water. From reading the Crappie boards here in Texas, this lake Iím on is precocious. Most everywhere else the Crappie are still down deep.

My dad wants to do a road trip soon to find Spring. My teenage son is starting a school break soon and dad wants me and my son Matthew to join
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I got my right hip joint replaced last Monday, the 15th of January. Iím 55 and never really had a great hip joint according to the orthopedic surgeon. Something genetic about it. My dad and his dad had replacement surgery. My dadís youngest brother needs it.

Before the surgery, I started having signs of trouble maybe 7 or 8 years ago. Iíd go for a run and get a distinct sharp pain in the joint that would smooth out some and subside some once I got a little into the run probably
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